Marian Dubois

Marian Dubois (1162-) was a noblewoman of the Kingdom of England.

Biography
Marian was born in 1162 to the House of Dubois, and she was the cousin of King Richard the Lionheart of England. Her family owned a castle in Nottinghamshire in central England, and she was a member of the nobility. Marian was the sister of Peter, who fought alongside Robin of Locksley and her cousin in the Third Crusade. They were both captured and held by the Saracens in Jerusalem, and the two escaped from prison together in 1194. Peter was mortally wounded in the escape, so he made Robin promise to protect her. Marian had a negative opinion of Robin, remembering how he used to be a spoiled rich kid who burned her hair when they were younger. However, Robin told her that he was a changed man, and he swore to protect her.

At the same time, George, Sheriff of Nottingham was gathering enemies of King Richard to help him in becoming the new king of England while Richard was in the Holy Lands. The sheriff killed Robin's father Brian of Locksley and was hurting the people, and Robin became the leader of the Merry Men, a group of Sherwood Forest bandits that stole from the rich and gave to the poor. The sheriff planned to get Marian to marry him so that their child would be of noble blood, making it possible for the child to become king. Marian tricked the sheriff into thinking that she was enemies with the bandits for a while, but the sheriff later intercepted a letter from her to France that told the king of the sheriff's plot. Marian was jailed and forced to marry the sheriff, but Robin headed to Nottingham Castle with his friends and freed her after killing the sheriff. Marian and Robin married in the woods, and King Richard arrived at the wedding to bless it himself.